How to Make a Pile of Slush (Satire) by Kindra J. Ferriabough

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Author bio:

Kindra J. Ferriabough currently resides in Jamaica Plain, MA. Her short fiction has previously appeared in Aim Magazine and Zygote in my Coffee.